{"id":2870,"date":"2015-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/chestnut-exploration-and-mark-plummer-facing-allegations-of-securities-fraud-with-oil-gas-securities\/"},"modified":"2018-10-08T12:40:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:40:20","slug":"chestnut-exploration-and-mark-plummer-facing-allegations-of-securities-fraud-with-oil-gas-securities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/chestnut-exploration-and-mark-plummer-facing-allegations-of-securities-fraud-with-oil-gas-securities\/","title":{"rendered":"Chestnut Exploration and Mark Plummer Facing Allegations of Securities Fraud With Oil &#038; Gas Securities"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Chestnut-Exploration-and-Mark-Plummer-Facing-Allegations-of-Securities-Fraud-With-Oil-Gas-Securities.jpg\" alt=\"Chestnut Exploration and Mark Plummer Facing Allegations of Securities Fraud With Oil &amp; Gas Securities on silverlaw.com\" width=\"692\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Chestnut-Exploration-and-Mark-Plummer-Facing-Allegations-of-Securities-Fraud-With-Oil-Gas-Securities.jpg 1378w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Chestnut-Exploration-and-Mark-Plummer-Facing-Allegations-of-Securities-Fraud-With-Oil-Gas-Securities-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Chestnut-Exploration-and-Mark-Plummer-Facing-Allegations-of-Securities-Fraud-With-Oil-Gas-Securities-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Chestnut-Exploration-and-Mark-Plummer-Facing-Allegations-of-Securities-Fraud-With-Oil-Gas-Securities-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Claims of omission, misrepresentation and wrongful use of client funds follow alleged losses totaling over $5M<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chestnut Exploration Partners and broker Mark A. Plummer were recently named in a FINRA disciplinary action that alleges omissions and material misrepresentations were made in the sale of private placement securities contracts to 88 customers, who allege that they lost over $5,000,000 after investing in the 4&#215;4 Securities, representing an average 90 percent loss on those investments. According to the claim, Chestnut Exploration Partners and Plummer allegedly misused at least $567,000 that were put up by investors for completion and drilling costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plummer spent 11 years working in the securities industry and was registered with Chestnut Exploration, which was previously known as Chestnut Energy Partners, from 2003 to 2014. Mr. Plummer is also currently the subject of two customer complaints.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/chestnut-exploration-and-mark-plummer-facing-allegations-of-securities-fraud-with-oil-gas-securities\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Chestnut Exploration and Mark Plummer Facing Allegations of Securities Fraud With Oil &#038; Gas Securities\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims of omission, misrepresentation and wrongful use of client funds follow alleged losses totaling over $5M Chestnut Exploration Partners and broker Mark A. 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